I know I have neglected this blog for quite a while as I've been busy with teaching, writing, life and love. I hope to write more frequently in the new year. But I wanted to write a special note to all my loyal readers. << MORE >>

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I have returned once again to my second home. Things haven't really changed, which I like. The heat is slowly cooling off. And I have decided to start a new challenge for myself. As much as I love doing BODYFLOW, I want to start getting into other forms of exercise. If only to keep me from being tired all the time. I have decided that it is because I don't exercise enough is why I am tired. I ... << MORE >>

The first day back is always a great feeling when I wake up. Even if I woke up a few times in the night. I ran off the plane to see my dad and mom and really couldn't wait to come home. In my childhood home, with my fantastic parents. After having to check my carry-on bag in Frankfurt, it was probably the most stressful I have ever been. I ran back up the ... << MORE >>

I am ready. Ready to get out of this city but not for too long. There are much more things that I plan on conquering as this year goes on. I am leaving in 5 days to head home for another long visit with my family. I really can't wait. My focus for the next few weeks will be solely on them, my fabulous family.
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I went for a walk after my young 19 year-old student cancelled our lesson today, I went to my favorite spot near my house to de-cleanse and sit still for a moment. Giardino dell'Orticoltura. It just about 5 minute walk from my house and I find it calms me. Especially today since the weather is incredibly bearable which is strange but appreciated for this time of year in Florence. I got to the top of the hill and ... << MORE >>

Florence is a huge oven once again. I always pray for this time of year but then I soon regret it when the heat is overwhelming. I still travel to and from the school by bike, at least I get a bit of a breeze as I ride down the streets. As my lessons start to dwindle, I have more time to focus on my writing amongst other things. I have no big vacation plans coming ... << MORE >>

I was ready for it a few weeks ago when it was chilly and raining, but it's here and I have to deal with the heat yet again. I know when it is heating up when wearing jeans at night can be uncomfortable. When bringing a jacket or scarf just in case it will be chilly can be either a good thing or a sweaty thing. Usually when I head up to the hillside towns of ... << MORE >>

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..e nn possiamo dimenticarlo. La bellezza comincia da quello che usa gli occhi." << MORE >>

Work has been picking up again. I am grateful for this. I know that I have put in the effort to achieve the things I have been wishing for all these years. I am working hard and also finding time to enjoy life here. I've been going on day trips and eating tons of delicious food at local sagre around Florence. I really couldn't be any happier. << MORE >>

...is what people have been telling me. I hoping this year will bring more love, happiness, prosperity and ways to make all my new dreams to come true. I took matters into my own hands last night. It being past midnight, it was already my birthday. I asked what I wanted with huge butterflies in my stomach. Even if I didn't get the answer I wanted, I am happy I did what I did. As the ... << MORE >>

I am sitting in my new apartment (still be organized after a few weeks) and I'm almost 30 living in the city I fell in love with now 10 years ago. I have been reminiscing this past week on all that I've accomplished since I set forth on the opposite path of the rat race. I'm in a place where I know what I have to be grateful and what I have to look forward to. ... << MORE >>

I have just moved into a new apartment which was kindly enough offered to me by my current roommate. I left an area where it was filled with negativity. I was confronted at the last moment by the b**ch who wanted us out a few weeks prior. She yelled at me and yelled at me for things I had no energy to answer. I wasn't yelling perse but I was telling her how I felt and how she treated us. She went on and on about the how she was so nice not to have made us pay ... << MORE >>

I have come a long way since this time last year. I was struggling with the school I thought would be a great school to work for and in the end turned out to be not the greatest. I was struggling with my rent, my expenses, basically everything I have to deal with living on my own. I was very depressed but as people have been telling me recently, I never seemed to look depressed or ... << MORE >>